Table-cutlery



(No Model.)

7 J. D. PRARY.

TABLE GUTLERY. No. 269,276. Patented Dec. 19, 1882 N. FEYERsvPhohillhogmphur, Washington. ac.

UNITED STATES PATIENT ()FFICE.

TABLE-CUTl E RY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 269,276, datedDecember19, 1882. Application filed Qctober 2, 1882. (N0 model.)

To all whom 2t may concern:

Beit known that I, JAMES D. FRARY, of Bridgeport, in the county ofFairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented new ImprovementsinTable-Cutlery; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken inconnection with the accompanyingdrawings and the letters of referencemarked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same,and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, andrepresent, in

Figure 1, a side view of a knife; Fig. 2, the blank from the blade andtang; Fig. 3,011e ot' the scales detached; Fig; 4, a transverse sectionthrough the tang and scales as prepared for introduction into the mold;Fig. 5, a transverse section of the complete handle.

This invention relates to an improvement in the manufacture ofmetal-handled table-cutlery, the object being to produce a strong anddurable handle, presenting a white or soft metal surface, which may bereadily electroplated, and yet make the handle hollow, so as to avoidthe heavy and clumsy handle when cast solid.

Metal handles have been made hollow by striking up scales in sheetmetal, soldered togetheuaud secured to the tang; but such constructionmakes a handle so weak that it is easily jammed and defaced.

My invention, whereby the ditficulties in previous constructions handlesof metal are o\"ercome,consistsinmakingthe blade and tang of sheetmetal, the tang of substantially the outline of the handle, but somewhatless in extent, then attaching to opposite sides of this flatsheet-steel tang thin struck-up scales, which form a core upon whichmetal may be cast to give the requisite shape and ornamentation to thehandle, as more fully hereinafter described.

I first cut the blank, as seen in Fig. 2, from sheet-steel, the tang Abeing a continuation of the blade Bthat is, in one and the samepiece-and in the usual manner of cutting blades and tan gs fromsheet-steel. The blade is ground or struck in the usual manner to giveit the required sharp edge, the tang of the same general outline as thefinished handle, but less in extent. Upon each side of the fiat tang A,I place a scale, C. These scales are cut from sheet metal, of a shapeand size substantially corresponding to the tang, as seen in Fig. 3.These are struck up from the "inside outward to give therequired swell,and are secured upon each side of the tang A, as

ing over the outer surface of the scales so as to form an outer surface,D, as seen in Fig. 5. This outersurface corresponds to the mold preparedfor casting the handle, and may be of any desirable shape orornamentation, with or without the bolster. By this construction thehandle is made hollowis strengthened by the tang, so as to preventbending or breaking. The scales support the soft-metal surface, so as toprevent its being jammed or injured in use, the scales sustaining theouter surface against any blows which may be brought upon it. It isstronger than a cast soft-metal handle or a simple scale handle. It islighter than the cast-metal handle can be made, because it is hollow,and is very little heavier than the useless struck-up sheet-metalhandle. I

I have said that the attachment of the scales to the tang might be anytemporary or suitable attachment, as it is only necessary that theyshall hold the scales and, tang in their proper relation to each otheruntil after the covering has been cast thereon. When that covering is socast upon the parts they are firmly held together, irrespective of anyconnection which may have been previously made between the scales andtang.

I have illustrated the invention as applied to a knife; but it will bereadily understood covering surrounding said scales to form the by thoseskilled in the art that it applies to I [surface of the handle,substantially as deiorks and like articles of table service.

I claim scribed. The herein-described improvementiu table- JAMES D.FRARY. 5 cutlery, consisting in the sheet-metal tang eX- Witnesses:

JOHN E; EARLE,

tending from the blade, the struck up scales upon each side the tang,and a cast-metal JOs. O. EARLE.

